# swaying

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsweɪ.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #26,275

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sway

## Easily confused with
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swaying-vs-swing)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swaying-vs-sweating)
- **swearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swaying-vs-swearing)
- **swain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swain-vs-swaying)
- **saying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saying-vs-swaying)
- **saving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saving-vs-swaying)
- **spying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spying-vs-swaying)
- **sawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawing-vs-swaying)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-swaying)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staying-vs-swaying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stating-vs-swaying)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-swaying)
- **shaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaking-vs-swaying)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-swaying)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-swaying)
- **shaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaping-vs-swaying)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-swaying)
- **scaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaling-vs-swaying)
- **shaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaving-vs-swaying)
- **sealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealing-vs-swaying)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sawying`, `sswaying`, `swaiyng`, `swayign`, `swayingg`, `swayinng`, `swaynig`, `swayying`, `swwaying`, `swyaing`, `wsaying`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swaying